I would be very excited for this movie if not for Tom Cruse. It's not that I hate Cruse, but he cannot pull off an accent, so now I have to believe this German dude sounds like a surfer, and Cruse just has a wimpiness about him that makes me laugh at his eye patch wearing attempt at badassery.

On the good side, the story is interesting and Brian Singer is directing. I just have a feeling that no-one would have cast Tom Cruise in this film if he wasn't producing it as well.

I am looking forward to this film, but have my doubts about Cruise as well.....
I've already seen interviews with Singer in which he says that the story in the film is inspired by the actual story, but is actually a thriller.....this means that the film will not be 100% true to the events happened.....I think this sucks!

abierman said:

Yea, like trying to kill Hitler just wasn't exciting enough.

HaHA? I was going to joke that Cruise came up with the eye patch to spice things up, then I looked for images of VonStauffenberg...NO PATCH!

OK. I did more looking...he did lose his eye in '43. Damn, that was too funny to be true.
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No, for several reasons.

Tom Cruise jumped the shark several years ago, with the whole Scientology/psychiatrists are evil thing. I can't look at him the same way any more.

And speaking of looking at him - an eye patch? WTF?

Finally, who wants to see a thriller where you already know how it ends? They didn't kill Hitler, so a movie about trying to kill Hitler is a movie with a built-in spoiler.

I'll pass.

Ohhhh damn ... Tom Cruse


FIGURES

RodeoSchro said:

Well, obviously the actual story is very interesting for the historical background.....hell, how many billions did see Titanic? I mean, the boat sunk!!!!

I'm afraid that Singer has made an action-packed Hollywood blockbuster out of it....it would have been great if it was an actual German movie...

Von Stauffenberg had an eye-patch, only logical that Cruise will wear one in the movie.....right???

I'll watch it because of Dutch actress Carice van Houten:


http://www.webcamshots.nl...Houten.jpg (NSFW)
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abierman said:

I just hatched a plot in my pants!

abierman said:

Meh.

I couldn't give two shits about what Cruise does or is off-screen. He's still a decent actor and given good material, should be able to pull it off. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

just the time period and the setting have me excited, i could careless about who the actors are or the story.

abierman said:

I agree, it would've been better if it were leaning in more of a docudrama than action direction. But then who would've paid Cruises r-tarded salary?

abierman said:

abierman said:

LMAO, yeah - but that was a love story/tragedy. We watch doomed lovers all the time.

This is a story about saving the world from a ruthless murderer, and we all know they fail. Kind of a bummer to me.

BTW, did you know that more people watched the final episode of "Seinfeld" in one night than the total number of people that ever saw "Titanic" at the movie theater?

I don't know why, but that amazes me.

I don't get the distaste 4 Cruise. The film looks promising.

Graycap23 said:

its that whole weirdo Scientology/him losing his friggin mind on Oprah's couch thing...and since a couple of his more recent films sucked major league ass, I can understand the trepidition on some folk's parts...

reneGade20 said:

I don't mind if he wants to do all that stuff. I just don't think he has the chops for a role like this.

reneGade20 said:

Does any of that translate on film?

abierman said:

She was in the movie Black Book, correct? I can watch the scene of her dying her pubes blond over and over.

I'll go tho see this with the lowest of expectations...
much less chance of being disappointed it you expect so little to begin with!

sextonseven said:

yeah, she was.....that movie sucked, BTW.....very bad story and bad acting! As a matter of fact, Carice was the only thing good about the movie!

sextonseven said:

http://weblogimages.com/s...686wE2.jpg (NSFW)

she has a great rack!

Too bad the plan did not work out. Hitler would of been dead and the war over.

I dunno if I want to see the movie, probably will. The clips of it shown prior to another movie I saw looks interesting.

It's not Tom Cruise that makes me doubt this film, he's been a great actor in many films, it's Bryan Singer. He's not a very good director in my opinion since his first two films. He's more of someone who thinks of "cool" scenes, but doesn't know how to put together a strong movie. He's also a derivative rip off artist!

ufoclub said:

I agree with you, I thought he didn't deliver anymore ever since 'The Usual Suspects'.....

abierman said:

If that's what qualifies for a great rack, over half the women you see on a daily basis have one too.

RodeoSchro said:

It shouldn't. After all, it was "a show about nothing"

abierman said:

I liked the movie. Maybe my opinion is influenced by all the Clarice nudity.

violator said:

Yes, that's what qualifies and yes, half the women I see on a daily basis have one.

violator said:

just think of what you've been missing out on.....